Street Closures for Marathon Monday

You can read through the entire list of street closures and parking restrictions in place for the Boston Marathon, or you can save some time and take our free advice: Don’t drive into Boston on Marathon Monday.

The city will close several major roads ahead of the race, starting at 5 a.m. when streets around Boston Common are blocked off as runner gather to take their buses to Hopkinton.

An hour later, Boylston Street shuts down from Hereford to Arlington streets.

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At 8 a.m., most of Back Bay and Kenmore Square shut down, followed a half hour later by street closures in Brighton.

Here are a few maps of the road closures. That’s maps, plural. Because that’s how many roads are closed. Seriously, don’t drive into Boston on Marathon Monday.

Even if you could drive into the area (which you shouldn’t. See above), you’d have very few places to park. The city has prohibited parking on most streets along the marathon route. Here are the maps for parking restrictions. Again, the city needed multiple maps for this. So no driving, OK?

Your best bet is to take the MBTA on Monday. Just keep in mind there are some stations closed for the race. You can get a full breakdown of the T’s Patriots’ Day service here.

Still not convinced that driving’s a bad idea? Here’s a list of the street closures, organized by time. You can also find this list, along with all of the parking restrictions, on the city’s website: